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Vertical distribution in and isolation of bacteria from Lake Vanda: an Antarctic lake

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Vertical distribution of bacteria in Lake Vanda, an Antarctic meromictic lake, was examined by the acridine orange epifluorescence direct count method. Total bacteria were 104–105 cells · ml−1 in the water at 55 m depth and above, and increased drastically to 107 cells · ml−1 in the bottom water. Filamentous or long rodshaped bacteria occurred at a high frequency in the upper layers, but in the bottom layers most bacteria were coccoidal or short rods. Mean bacterial cell volume in water of between 10 m and 60 m deep was fairly large compared with common bacterial populations in seawater and lake water. Aerobic heterotrophic bacteria were recovered from the water of a depth of 30 m and above, and were assumed to belong to Caulobacter. Viable heterotrophic bacteria were not recovered from the high salinity deep water by media prepared with the same deep water. Phototrophic purple non-sulphur bacteria were isolated by enrichment cultures from water at 55 m depth.

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    Present address: Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 153, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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  1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Fukazawa 2-1-1, 158, Setagayaku, Tokyo, Japan

    Susumu Takii, Toshifumi Konda & Akira Hiraishi

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Fukazawa 2-1-1, 158, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Genki I. Matsumoto

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Ōita University, Dannohara 700, 870-11, Ōita Prefecture, Japan

    Tamio Kawano

  4. Chiba Institute of Technology, Tsudanuma 2-17-1, 275, Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

    Tetsuya Torii

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Takii, S., Konda, T., Hiraishi, A. et al. Vertical distribution in and isolation of bacteria from Lake Vanda: an Antarctic lake. Hydrobiologia 135, 15–21 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00006454

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